Timeline for Did Voltaire drink 40-50 cups of coffee a day?
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| May 2 at 17:43 | comment | added | DavePhD | Frederick II was trying to stop people from buying coffee for economic reasons. He started his war on coffee the year before Voltaire died, brookstonbeerbulletin.com/… I think he was just biased and exaggerating, | |
| May 2 at 17:38 | comment | added | Schwern | @DavePhD I did a quick search on a hunch and found that and yes, modern French speakers will refer to a "Demitasse Tasse À Café". While this is just a quick search and I can't fully extrapolate modern French to 18th century aristocratic French, one also can't assume people are being precise in their language. | |
| May 2 at 11:07 | comment | added | DavePhD | 4 oz I understand, just not 2 oz | |
| May 2 at 4:41 | comment | added | Schwern | @DavePhD As explained in the answer, "a cup of coffee" is not speaking about a measurement nor describing a specific style of cup. In modern French "tasse à café" is not 8 oz but closer to 4. I would expect 18th century people and "cups" to be even less exact than we are now. Whatever Fred meant, they did not mean the modern 8 oz cup we imagine. | |
| May 2 at 1:53 | comment | added | DavePhD | How could it be 50 demitasses if the original French says “tasses”? | |
| Apr 30 at 19:13 | history | answered | Schwern | CC BY-SA 4.0 |